out-and-out

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

out-and-out
    adj 1: complete and without restriction or qualification;
           sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute
           freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-
           and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider";
           "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer
           persistence"; "sheer stupidity" [syn: {absolute},
           {downright}, {out-and-out(a)}, {rank(a)}, {right-down},
           {sheer(a)}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

out-and-out \out-and-out\, out and out \out and out\adj.
   Without any reservation or disguise; downright; plain;
   unqualified; absolute; as, an out and out villain; an
   out-and-out lie.

   Syn: flat-out, outright.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] out-and-out

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

out-and-out \out-and-out\, out and out \out and out\adv.
   Completely; wholly; openly.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

106 Moby Thesaurus words for "out-and-out":
      absolute, admitting no exception, all-embracing, all-encompassing,
      all-out, all-pervading, arrant, born, broad-based, categorical,
      classical, clean, clear, complete, comprehensive, conclusive,
      congenital, consummate, crass, decided, decisive, deep-dyed,
      definite, definitive, determinate, downright, dyed-in-the-wool,
      egregious, entire, exhaustive, explicit, express, final, fixed,
      flagrant, flat, flat-out, glaring, global, gross, implicit,
      inappealable, indisputable, intensive, intolerable, omnibus,
      omnipresent, outright, peremptory, perfect, pervasive, plain,
      plumb, positive, precious, profound, pronounced, proper, pure,
      radical, rank, regular, round, shattering, sheer, shocking, stark,
      stark-staring, straight, straight-out, superlative, surpassing,
      sweeping, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing,
      through-and-through, total, ubiquitous, unbearable,
      uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, unconscionable,
      undeniable, undoubting, unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating,
      universal, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified,
      unquestioning, unrelieved, unreserved, unrestricted, unspoiled,
      unwaivable, utter, veritable, whole, wholesale, without exception,
      without reserve